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May 27, 2026
A sports-betting executive suing her former employer for defamation and contract breach is looking to oust the company's Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP attorneys, telling a Nevada federal judge that the firm's prior work for her creates a conflict.
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May 27, 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court's recent reversal of Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction leans heavily on improper jury influence by an ex-county clerk of court while underbilling other errors in the case, which are emblematic of larger issues with the justice system, says Barry Edwards at Fair Trial Analysis.
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May 26, 2026
A compliance lawyer convicted at trial for allegedly conning an Emigrant Bank unit out of $20 million by lying about his investment firm's tax lien collateral was sentenced Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to a year and a day in prison for what prosecutors say was a straight-up scheme to steal from a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured bank.
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May 26, 2026
A Texas federal judge recommended Tuesday that a bias and retaliation suit against the city of Corpus Christi by a former assistant city attorney be tossed because he failed to show that comparable workers were treated better or that the city's performance-based reasons for firing him were false.
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May 26, 2026
A California man and a real estate company told a Texas federal judge that a Houston-based law firm improperly distributed money meant to pay off a loan to criminal elements, saying Tuesday that the law firm owes $1.3 million.
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